Nathan ben Jehiel
11th-century Italian Jewish lexicographer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Nathan ben Abraham I.
"Aruk" redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Aruk, Iran.
Nathan ben Jehiel of Rome (Hebrew: נתן בן יחיאל מרומי, romanized: Nāṯān ben Yəḥiʾel mirRomi, c. 1035 – 1106) was a Jewish Italian lexicographer. He authored the Arukh, a notable dictionary of Talmudic and Midrashic words, and consequently he himself is often referred to as "the Arukh".